Alfred Hayes, 74, poet, screenwriter and novelist, died...

August 18, 1985

LOS ANGELES — Alfred Hayes, 74, poet, screenwriter and novelist, died Wednesday. His poem ''Joe Hill,'' about the 1915 execution of a union organizer, became a rallying cry for labor in the 1940s. His movie scripts included Island in the Sun, A Hatful of Rain, The Left Hand of God, and Teresa, which drew an Academy Award nomination in 1951.